Belongs within: Galerida.
The crested lark Galerida cristata is a polytypic species found in temperate Eurasia and northern Africa. It is mostly dark-streaked grey above and whitish below, with reddish underwings and an erectile crest.
<==Galerida cristata (Linnaeus 1758)L03 [=Alauda cristataM02, Ptilocorys cristataM01]
|--G. c. cristata (see below for synonymy)L03
|--G. c. alexanderi Neumann 1908L03
|--G. c. altirostris (Brehm 1855) (see below for synonymy)L03
|--G. c. cinnamomina Hartert 1904L03
|--G. c. festae Hartert 1922L03
|--G. c. halfae Nicoll 1921L03
|--G. c. isabellina Bonaparte 1850 (see below for synonymy)L03
|--G. c. maculata (Brehm 1858) [=Galerita cristata maculata; incl. Galerida cristata imami Meinertzhagen 1923]L03
|--G. c. meridionalis Brehm 1841 [=Galerita cristata planorum Brehm 1858]L03
|--G. c. nigricans (Brehm 1855) [=Galerita nigricans; incl. Galerida cristata deltae Hartert 1897]L03
|--G. c. pallida (Brehm 1858) [=Galerita cristata pallida; incl. Galerita cristata angustistriata Brehm 1858]L03
|--G. c. riggenbachi Hartert 1902L03
`--G. c. zion Meinertzhegen 1920L03
Galerida cristata altirostris (Brehm 1855) [=Galerita altirostris; incl. Galerida cristata brachyura, Galerida cristata caroli Hartert 1904, Galerida cristata tardinata Hartert 1904]L03
Galerida cristata cristata (Linnaeus 1758) [incl. Galerita cristata gallica Brehm 1858, Galerida karinthiaca Brehm 1841, Galerida major Brehm 1841, Galerida pagorum Brehm 1841, Galerita cristata tenuirostris Brehm 1858, Galerida viarum Brehm 1831]L03
Galerida cristata isabellina Bonaparte 1850 [incl. Galerita flava crassirostris Brehm 1858, Galerita flava Brehm 1854, Galerita lutea Brehm 1855, Galerita flava tenuirostris Brehm 1858 non G. cristata tenuirostris Brehm 1858]L03
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[L03] LeCroy, M. 2003. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 5. Passeriformes: Alaudidae, Hirundinidae, Motacillidae, Campephagidae, Pycnonotidae, Irenidae, Laniidae, Vangidae, Bombycillidae, Dulidae, Cinclidae, Troglodytidae, and Mimidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278: 1–156.
[M01] Madarász, J. 1901. Madarak [Vögel]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 21–39. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.
[M02] Mlíkovský, J. 2002. Cenozoic Birds of the World. Part 1: Europe. Ninox Press: Praha.